Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xie was acclaimed as Martial Arts Alliance Chief at Blackwood Cliff, where the imperial court demanded his fabricated immortality art. After he defeated the Brocade-Clad Guards, their emissary threatened that twenty thousand troops would attack the cliff.

• Dongfang Bubai announced that Xiao Xie's inauguration ceremony would be held at Blackwood Cliff, and the martial sects agreed to attend.
• Two months later, thousands gathered at Blackwood Cliff, where Xiao Xie ascended the platform and declared the martial world united.
• A Sun Moon Divine Sect disciple reported that imperial troops had appeared beneath Blackwood Cliff, and Xiao Xie calmed the crowd.
• Azure Dragon of the Brocade-Clad Guard demanded Xiao Xie's Genius Forever Young Longevity Art on the emperor's behalf, offering ten thousand taels of gold.
• When Xiao Xie refused, Azure Dragon threatened an attack by twenty thousand elite troops, and Xiao Xie injured ten Brocade-Clad Guards before dismissing the threat.

Xiao Xie killed twenty thousand elite soldiers with a flute technique and secured his position as Martial Arts Alliance Chief before returning to his original world. He claimed the challenge rewards, obtained immortality, and examined the Dragon Essence and Tianshan Plum Hand.

• Xiao Xie played a flute infused with internal energy, driving the soldiers below Blackwood Cliff to kill one another until none survived.
• Xiao Xie explained his Sonic Skill to the shocked onlookers and warned Azure Dragon to tell the emperor that another attack would end the Zhu rule.
• Xiao Xie became unchallenged Martial Arts Alliance Chief, and the martial world grew more peaceful under his leadership.
• Xiao Xie returned to his original world after a year away and converted his internal energy into Dou Qi, reaching Seven Star Dou King.
• Xiao Xie collected the Martial Arts Gift Pack from Xiao Xiao and found Dragon Essence, the Elixir of Immortality, and the Tianshan Plum Hand inside.
• Xiao Xie enhanced the Elixir of Immortality with one hundred thousand Points, swallowed it, and gained an immortal, ageless constitution.

After refining the Dragon Essence and reaching One Star Dou Huang, Xiao Xie prepared to return to Utan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment. He arrived at the Xiao Clan, where the clan welcomed him as its most powerful and influential member.

• Xiao Xie swallowed the Dragon Essence, refined its power, and advanced to One Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Xie learned from Xiao Xiao that his displayed age followed the Battle Through the Heavens timeline, then told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin they would return to Utan City.
• Xiao Xie gave Moon Slash to Xiao Yi Xian and kept the Asauchi at his side.
• Xiao Xie and the others rode the Amethyst Winged Lion King to Utan City and landed in the Xiao Clan’s Training Ground.
• Xiao Zhan and the clan members welcomed Xiao Xie back as the Xiao Clan’s Fourth Elder.

Xiao Xie returned to the Xiao Clan, gifted it valuable techniques and pills, and was revealed to have reached One Star Dou Huang. As Jia Nan Academy’s recruiters arrived in Utan City, he set out to see them, drawn by the academy’s powerful treasures and secrets.

• Xiao Xie gave Xiao Zhan a storage ring containing medicinal pills and Mystic Rank techniques and cultivation methods for the Xiao Clan.
• Xun Er learned from Ling Ying that Xiao Xie had reached One Star Dou Huang, far beyond her expectations.
• Xiao Xie spent a month infusing his Asauchi with Spiritual Power until it began to take the form of a Zanpakuto.
• Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment instructors arrived in Utan City, drawing the city’s attention.
• Xiao Xie left with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian to see the recruiters, thinking of the academy’s Fallen Heart Flame, hidden headmaster, and Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.

Xiao Xie and his companions arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment square and used Xiao Yu’s connections to get inside, where they met her friend Xue Ni. The group prepared to take the recruitment tests, but Xue Ni warned that Luo Bu was also there and had reached Four Star Dou Zhe.

• Qing Lin hurried Xiao Xie toward the recruitment square, where the group found a huge crowd seeking entry to Jia Nan Academy’s tests.
• Xiao Yu led Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and the others to a guarded entrance and gained access with her academy connections.
• The officer recognized Xiao Xie’s Fifth-Rank Alchemist badge and respectfully let his group pass through the soldiers’ barricade.
• Xiao Yu introduced her friend Xue Ni, who greeted Xiao Xie and learned that he was a Fifth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xue Ni said that Luo Bu was part of the recruitment team and had advanced to Four Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Xie and his companions reached the Jia Nan Academy examination area, where Xiao Yu used Xiao Xie as a shield from Luo Bu. After Luo Bu tried to make Xiao Xie wait outside as a show of authority, Xiao Yi Xian poisoned him, leaving him incapacitated.

• Xiao Yu reunited with Jia Nan Academy students, who teased her and then crowded around Xiao Xie after noticing his Fifth-Rank Alchemist badge.
• When Luo Bu approached, Xiao Yu linked arms with Xiao Xie to discourage him, and Xiao Xie quietly went along with her pretense.
• Luo Bu used his Testing Crystal to confirm that Xiao Yi Xian and the others had passed the preliminary test.
• Luo Bu ordered Xiao Xie to wait outside in the sun, claiming the academy's admission rules required it, and Xiao Yu argued with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Luo Bu, who collapsed and convulsed; she told Xiao Xie he would recover after lying down for a month.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin dealt with Luo Bu after he insulted Xiao Xie, and Mentor Ruo Lin began assessing the new students’ strength for Jia Nan Academy. The assessment reached Xiao Xun’er, whose Six-Star Dou Zhe cultivation stunned Ruo Lin.

• Qing Lin threw the poisoned Luo Bu out of the tent after Xiao Yi Xian had poisoned him, and Xiao Xie praised her.
• Mentor Ruo Lin entered the tent and reunited with Xiao Yu, then invited the new students inside from the scorching sun.
• Ruo Lin explained Jia Nan Academy’s potential rankings and began recording the students’ names, cultivation levels, and ages.
• Xiao Yan reported that he was a fifteen-year-old Two Star Dou Zhe and received a C-grade rating.
• Xiao Xun’er announced that she was a fifteen-year-old Six-Star Dou Zhe, leaving Ruo Lin shocked.

At Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xie revealed extraordinary cultivation levels, leaving Mentor Ruo Lin and the other applicants stunned. After the evaluation, Xiao Xie invited Ruo Lin and the girls to stay with the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and arranged rooms.

• Xiao Xun'er registered as a fifteen-year-old Six-Star Dou Zhe and said Xiao Xie was even more remarkable than her.
• Qing Lin registered as a thirteen-year-old One-Star Dou Shi, and Xiao Yi Xian registered as a sixteen-year-old Three-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Xie revealed that he was a sixteen-year-old One-Star Dou Huang, astonishing everyone except Xiao Xun'er.
• Mentor Ruo Lin announced that registration would continue for seven days before the academy’s carriage convoy took the new students to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Xie invited Ruo Lin and the girls to stay at the Xiao Clan, and Ruo Lin accepted.
• Xiao Zhan and the Three Elders welcomed Ruo Lin’s group and arranged rooms in the rear courtyard.

Xiao Xie and the Jia Nan Academy group traveled toward the academy aboard Giant Winged Birds until a Soul Hall agent ambushed them at the Jia Ma Empire’s border. The Seven Star Dou Zong targeted Xiao Xie, who refused to flee and prepared to fight.

• Xiao Xie left the gathering at the Xiao Clan and continued trying to hear the name of his Asauchi.
• Seven days later, Ruo Lin led the Jia Nan Academy group and the new students from Utan City aboard Giant Winged Birds bound for Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled in a cabin with beds, and Xiao Xie played a soothing flute melody as the convoy flew.
• At the Jia Ma Empire’s border, Xiao Xie sensed a hidden presence, and a black-robed Soul Hall agent appeared and brought the convoy to a halt.
• Ling Ying revealed himself to protect Xiao Xun'er as the agent released the pressure of a Dou Zong and challenged Xiao Xie.
• The agent identified himself as a Seven Star Dou Zong and threatened to kill Xiao Xie, who dismissed him and refused to run.

Xiao Xie fought the black-robed Soul Hall man and killed him after exposing his flaws and destroying his evil ghosts with Hellfire. His victory left Xiao Xun'er and the others safe, while Xiao Yan witnessed the gap between himself and Xiao Xie.

• Ling Ying considered fleeing with Xiao Xun'er, but she chose to stay because Xiao Yan could not escape with them and Xiao Xie might win.
• Xiao Xie surprised the black-robed man with Flash Step and a saber attack, then traded blows with him in a fierce aerial battle.
• Xiao Xie used Triple Slash to break the black-robed man's defense and inflict severe wounds, which the man's black mist began to heal.
• The black-robed man unleashed hundreds of evil ghosts, and Xiao Xie revealed his killing intent after recognizing that the souls had been cruelly tortured and enslaved.
• Xiao Xie used Red Hellfire to destroy the ghosts, then beheaded the black-robed man with a single strike.

Xiao Xie captured a Soul Hall expert’s soul, turned his corpse and a Tier 7 Exploding Flame Bear into powerful skeletons, and gave Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin bone accessories that could summon them. After the flying party reached Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Xie asked Ruo Lin to help him enter the Inner Academy, and she brought him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to meet Vice Principal Hu Qian.

• Xiao Xie captured the black-robed man’s escaping soul, added it to his collection, and recycled the man’s magic cores for over seven million Points.
• Xiao Xie used the Bone Summoning Art and Hellfire on the black-robed man’s corpse, creating a six-star Dou Zong demon skeleton that he made into the Demon Bracelet for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Xie turned the Exploding Flame Bear’s corpse into a strengthened skeleton and gave Qing Lin the Giant Bear Necklace, then rested from the strain of enhancing both skeletons.
• Five days later, Xiao Xie and the flying party arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Xie asked Ruo Lin to arrange his early entry to the Inner Academy.
• Ruo Lin took Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to meet Vice Principal Hu Qian while Xiao Yu led Xiao Xun'er and the others to the dormitories.

Hu Qian brought Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to the Book Collection Pavilion before their entry into the Inner Academy. After the pavilion’s guardians recognized Xiao Xie’s Green Lotus Core Flame and opened the Space Lock, the group entered.

• Ruo Lin introduced Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to Hu Qian and explained that they wished to enter the Inner Academy.
• Hu Qian offered the three new students a chance to choose an item from the Book Collection Pavilion and led them through a hidden passage to it.
• Hu Qian asked the two gray-robed guardians to open the pavilion, and they recognized the Green Lotus Core Flame within Xiao Xie.
• Hu Qian explained that the pavilion was protected by a Space Lock created by a Dou Zun expert.
• The guardians opened a gate in the Space Lock, and Hu Qian led Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin inside.

Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered Jia Nan Academy’s Book Collection Pavilion and seized treasures from its energy shields. After leaving, Xiao Xie learned that the pavilion’s guardians could not detect the items hidden in his Worship Space.

• Hu Qian explained the pavilion’s rules, and Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered before the doors closed behind them.
• The trio reached a chamber where energy shields released flying treasures, and Xiao Xie caught a Purple Lightning Bat Wings flight Dou Skill.
• Xiao Xie used his Soul Power to collect more than ten valuable items, including Earth Rank Dou Skills and medicinal ingredients, and stored them in the Worship Space.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin each took an item and left the pavilion as its energy shields disappeared.
• A gray-robed guardian scanned the three, but failed to detect Xiao Xie’s hidden treasures, then warned them to keep the pavilion secret.
• Hu Qian welcomed the trio back and led them away from the pavilion.

After receiving their Scripture Pavilion rewards and spending two days at Ruo Lin’s residence, Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin prepared to enter the Inner Academy. Hu Qian gathered the new students and brought griffins to carry them toward the academy, assigning the trio to ride together.

• Xiao Xie left the hidden repository with Hu Qian and learned that the two gray-robed figures guarding its entrance had disappeared.
• Qing Lin gave Xiao Xie an Earth Flame Fruit, and Xiao Yi Xian gave him Ten Thousand Year Marrow Milk; Xiao Xie gave Xiao Yi Xian Poison Dragon Kill and Qing Lin the Heavenly Snake Tactic.
• After two days, Xiao Xie joined Ruo Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin on their way to Hu Qian’s study, where they met the fifty students selected to enter the Inner Academy.
• Hu Qian explained the Inner Academy’s importance and secrecy, then introduced eleven griffins to transport the students.
• The students climbed onto the griffins, and Hu Qian told Xiao Xie that he and his companions could ride together on one griffin.

Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled with the new students through Jia Nan Academy's Back Mountain and entered the hidden Inner Academy. The Inner Academy elders were astonished to learn that Xiao Xie was a sixteen-year-old One Star Dou Huang and Fifth-Rank Alchemist.

• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin said goodbye to Ruo Lin and joined Hu Qian's griffin escort to the Inner Academy.
• Hu Qian and three Dou Huang elders protected the flying formation as powerful magical beasts attacked them in the Back Mountain.
• Hu Qian landed the group beside a ravine and revealed a silver gate that concealed the Inner Academy entrance.
• Xiao Xie and the others passed through the gate and met Elder Su and Qing Elder at the Inner Academy entrance.
• Hu Qian introduced the three Special Enrollment Students, and the elders marveled at Qing Lin's Dou Shi rank and Xiao Yi Xian's Dou Ling rank.
• Hu Qian revealed that Xiao Xie was a sixteen-year-old One Star Dou Huang and Fifth-Rank Alchemist, shocking the elders.

Xiao Xie, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian received purple Fire Crystal Cards and learned how the Inner Academy’s cultivation tower and Fire Energy system worked. After the newcomers survived the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, Elder Su welcomed them to the Inner Academy.

• Elder Su gave Xiao Xie, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian purple Fire Crystal Cards containing one hundred days of Fire Energy and explained the Inner Academy’s tower, energy system, and Strong Ranking.
• Elder Su gave the fifty other newcomers black cards containing five points of Fire Energy and announced the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, where older students could attack them and take their Fire Energy.
• Xiao Xie and the two girls left with Elder Su and Qing Elder while the newcomers and older students entered the forest for the competition.
• Half a day later, the newcomers reached the hillside after older students had repeatedly robbed them, leaving each with two points of Fire Energy.
• Elder Su showed the newcomers the vast basin of the Inner Academy and led them inside to settle in.

Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin settled into their Inner Academy residence and learned how Fire Energy governed access to its resources. When they visited the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, Xiao Xie knocked out a student who tried to drive them away, drawing the attention of the academy; an ancient bell then silenced the crowd.

• Elder Su showed Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin their residence and explained the Inner Academy's factions, Fire Energy system, and available training facilities.
• Xiao Xie cultivated overnight and decided with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to visit the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower the next morning.
• Xiao Xie led the two women into the tower's crowded clearing, where factions had claimed sections and students warned them they were trespassing.
• A burly student ordered the trio to leave, and Xiao Xie unleashed his Dou Emperor aura, knocking the man unconscious and intimidating everyone nearby.
• Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin continued toward the tower as students whispered about his strength and the coming change to the Strong Ranking.
• An ancient bell rang out, abruptly silencing the crowd.

Xiao Xie, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin entered the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower and overcame its heartfire, with Xiao Xie helping Qing Lin. He sent Qing Lin to cultivate on the first floor and continued with Xiao Yi Xian toward a deep hole near the tower’s center.

• Xiao Xie led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin into the tower after the gates opened.
• Xiao Xie devoured the Fallen Heart Flame’s heartfire inside himself, while Xiao Yi Xian devoured hers with her Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Xie used Hellfire to remove Qing Lin’s heartfire, then led the two women deeper into the tower as senior students watched in shock.
• Elder Liu arrived after the three had left and learned they had awakened from the heartfire without help.
• Xiao Xie gave Qing Lin a Nine-Pattern Dou Shi Pill and a Barrier Breaking Pill, and she entered a high-grade cultivation room.
• Xiao Xie and Xiao Yi Xian continued toward the tower’s center and came upon a pitch-black deep hole.

Xiao Xie awakened the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, then entered the tenth floor to cultivate. He expected the flame to rampage within one to three months, while Xiao Yi Xian began cultivating on the sixth floor.

• Xiao Xie released the auras of his three Heavenly Flames, awakening the Fallen Heart Flame, which emerged as an invisible fire python but was trapped by a spatial cage.
• Xiao Xie left with Xiao Yi Xian, deciding to wait for the Fallen Heart Flame to rampage before trying to seize it, and Elder Liu rushed to notify the Vice Principal.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered a sixth-floor cultivation room to refine poisons, while Xiao Xie went to cultivate on the tenth floor.
• Elder Su explained how Heartfire cultivation worked and warned Xiao Xie to leave if the flame's power became dangerous.
• Xiao Xie inserted his Purple Fire Crystal Card, spent ten Fire Energy for a day of cultivation, and began sensing the room's dense, scorching energy.

Xiao Xie cultivated on the tenth floor of the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower until he advanced to Two Star Dou Huang, then earned Fire Energy by selling elixirs to the elders. Meanwhile, First Elder and the other elders discussed the increasingly unstable Fallen Heart Flame and considered how Xiao Xie might help them contain it.

• Xiao Xie drew in and devoured clusters of Fallen Heart Flame until his cultivation advanced from peak One Star Dou Huang to Two Star Dou Huang.
• After running out of Fire Energy, Xiao Xie left the tower and found Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin still cultivating on their respective floors.
• Xiao Xie refined fifth-grade and Sixth Grade Elixirs, selling them to the elders for over eleven thousand points of Fire Energy.
• First Elder warned the elders that the Fallen Heart Flame had grown more unstable and might launch a major counterattack within months.
• Elder Su reported Xiao Xie's cultivation and alchemy progress, and First Elder urged the elders to accommodate him because they might need his help against the Fallen Heart Flame.
• First Elder ordered the elders to monitor factions in the Black-Corner Region, especially the Blood Sect, then vanished from the room.